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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 1h

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Janet Marcotte @jcmarcotte.bsky.social · 25m

Swear in #AdelitaGrijalva

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 20h

NN: Dems say you won't swear in Grijalva bc you don't want her vote on Epstein

JOHNSON: No. It's scheduling

NN: But there have been Rs sworn in during pro forma sessions

MJ: Only reason was bc they flew in their family

NN: So if she flies in her family you'd do it?

MJ: Again, it's a distraction

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 2h

Apart from helping Comey's selective prosecution defense, this also means the president of the United States uses direct messages on Truth Social to communicate with cabinet officials.

I didn't know that, but we can be sure intelligence agencies all over the planet already did.

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Sahara Stevens ❤️🇺🇸 @sahara-stevens.bsky.social · 13h

Reminder, there is no rule that prevents Mike Johnson from swearing Adelita Grijalva into congress, even during a government shutdown.

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Janet Marcotte @jcmarcotte.bsky.social · 27m

Way to stand up to Trump and his thugs #Chicago

Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 2h

ICE getting tailed like it’s a heist movie. Chicago is turning the tables.

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 1h

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David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 11h

I have a friend who owns a restaurant. He says tourism and travel to DC in recent months has devastated many restaurants in DC. So, yes, Trump is lying. Again.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12h

Trump: "You can go and eat at the restaurants. The restaurants are booming. They were closing one after another and now they're booming, they're opening. Nobody has ever seen a transformation like they have in Washington DC. It's as hot as it can get."

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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 11h

You’ve gotta be kidding me.

This WaPo editorial presents a misleading revisionist history of Special Counsel Jack Smith’s criminal cases against Trump.

Then it has the gall to compare that to Trump’s overt targeting of his perceived enemies.

Really embarrassing stuff.

But the mere fact that a legal tool might be available does not mean it should be used. The
current rage over Grassley's revelation shows why. Smith showed little restraint in his pursuit of a former president. He charged Trump for official acts he took as president. He sought a gag order to limit Trump's ability to criticize the prosecution. He tried to accelerate the case to try a leading presidential candidate before the 2024 election.

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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 10h

YES! MORE OF THIS! Thank you Brigadier General Alan R. Gronewold from Oregon’s National Guard 🙏

Source: www.oregonlive.com/politics/202...

#Oregon #Portland #50501Movement

@WinterPolitics1
The Oregon national guard general says if the Oregon National guard were to be deployed they would be instructed under his leadership to protect the protesters not ICE.

And a photo of the Oregon National Guard General

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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 17h

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 19h

Pritzker: "It's unconscionable. This has never happened before. They're calling out troops onto the streets of a state that doesn't want them and they're not even telling us where they're gonna go, what they're gonna do. This hasn't happened I don't think since the Civil War."

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 13h

Yet another incident that would’ve gotten any other president immediately impeached that is only the 127th worst thing Trump has done in 2025.

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 14h

What Governor Pritzker is doing is right for his state, but it is vital for the Republic.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 15h

GOV. PRITZKER: “This is a convicted felon threatening to jail me? He’s an unhinged, insecure wannabe dictator. Come and get me.”

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Senate Judiciary Democrats 🇺🇸 @judiciarydems.senate.gov · 17h

BREAKING: Federal judge officially found ICE violated people’s rights during raids in Chicago, conducted unlawful arrests.

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Janet Marcotte @jcmarcotte.bsky.social · 10h

#Chicago

CajunBlueAZ ⚜️🇺🇸 🇺🇦 @cajunblue.bsky.social · 13h

🚨🚨🚨Chicago - NOW!🚨🚨🚨
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Janet Marcotte @jcmarcotte.bsky.social · 10h

Way to stand up to Trump and his thugs #Chicago

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Senator Bernie Sanders @sanders.senate.gov · 14h

Adelita Grijalva won her election fair and square.

Now House Speaker Mike Johnson is refusing to swear her in because she would be the final signature to release the Epstein files.

Mr. Speaker, respect democracy. Obey the law. Swear Representative Grijalva in immediately.

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ElizabethC @econklin44.bsky.social · 11h

Hey, terrific. Get on with it. Who needs MAGA Mike anyway? She is the last vote needed to release the Epstein files. 😆
#ProudBlue

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Adam Cohen (My Personal Views Only) @axidentaliberal.bsky.social · 11h

This country is barreling towards a national security nightmare and skyrocketing crime rates because of Donald Trump

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A quarter of FBI agents are assigned to immigration enforcement, per FBI data — The Washington Post

Nearly a quarter of FBI agents are currently assigned to immigration enforcement, with the number climbing above 40 percent in the bureau’s largest field offices.

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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 11h

Russia took less than 1% of Ukraine since Nov 2023. Only cost them at least half a million soldiers.

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Janet Marcotte @jcmarcotte.bsky.social · 11h

Way to stand up against Trump and his thugs #Chicago

Jacob Soboroff @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social · 13h

Michigan Avenue right now.

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Tina Smith @smith.senate.gov · 22h

Weird how that didn’t make the cut.

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1d

SEN. KENNEDY: “.. it’s not up to the president. I mean, his opinion matters, but Congress has got to appropriate the money. Read the Constitution.” 🤡

@mediaite.com
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Sen. Adam Schiff @schiff.senate.gov · 22h

Today, Senator Kaine and I will force the Senate to vote on the administration’s decision to blow up ships in the Caribbean.

If a president can unilaterally put people or groups on a list and kill them, there is no meaningful limit to his use of force.

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